We need power led by thought, not thought led by power.
The secret to victory in any adverse situation lies in the harmony of strength and thought!

The author has spent nearly ten years meticulously studying and observing Yi Sun-sin's life. Rather than focusing on historical facts or information that everyone knows, he has tried to meticulously observe Yi Sun-sin's heart hidden between facts.
As a result, we were able to discover that the foundation of Yi Sun-sin's life was 'dignity', 'perspective', 'intellect', 'contemplation', and 'humanities'.
When people lose these five things, they usually lose their sense of direction in life and fall apart.
Conversely, a person who pursues these five things can survive and protect himself in any environment.


The first volume of "How to Live While Protecting Myself," a practical humanities book by Kim Jong-won, a thought-helper, explores the five forces that formed the foundation of Yi Sun-sin's life and enable us to cross the sea of ​​suffering that plagues our lives.
To survive and protect myself, I must possess the grace to lead others, possess the power of contemplation to observe myself within the flow of change with an unwavering perspective, possess the intellect, the fundamental strength to stand up to the times, and possess the power of the humanities to navigate uncertain times.
Only those who value themselves can value others and have feelings for them.

If you want to meet a good person, you must become a good person yourself.
The reason is simple.
Because you have to be a good person to recognize good people.
Good people don't simply gather around good people; they live together because they know each other.
People see, hear, and think only what they can understand.
--- From "Those who look to eternal values ​​will remain forever"

If you don't want to ruin your life with shame, focus more on discovering your own strength.
Powerful change begins only when every individual discovers their own power and works together as one.
It is not enough to just have a large number of people, but only when people who have discovered their own strength gather together that their value truly shines.
--- From "If I suppress others, I disappear"

If you are truthful, if you are faithful, then abandon the strategy.
Strategy only obscures your truth and heart.
I want to emphasize this several times.
If you put your heart into it, then from then on it's your heart's work.
--- From "If you've put your heart into it, then from then on it's all about the heart"

The same goes for ‘inattention’.
Mindlessness doesn't mean not thinking about anything.
It means to throw away everything except your one and only goal that burns brightly in your heart.
There is no way to achieve everything in the world, but there is a way to achieve one thing perfectly.
It is 'indifference'.
Just think of that one thought that beats in your chest so hard it breaks your heart.
And for you who are about to start, remember one more thing.
--- From "But Start Now"

Weeds may have their own reasons for existing, but no one lives their life with weeds as their goal.
But why rush to get what you want? Be prepared to invest the time and effort appropriate to what you want.
Weeds exist everywhere, but giant trees do not exist everywhere.
The wisest answers lie in the purest gaze.
--- From "The purest gaze gives the wisest answer"

Don't develop strength, develop your thoughts first.
The secret to victory in any adverse situation lies in the harmony of strength and thought.
However, the order must be followed properly.
Thought comes first, and strength follows naturally.
Because when you have the right direction and a clear strategy, power will naturally overflow.
--- From "We need power that leads to thought, not thought that leads to power"

It would be good to let go of the desire to win and have the desire to grow.
A person with a big heart is free.
Because it can hold the lives of countless people in its heart.
And they live not to win, but to hope that their opponents will develop their own abilities.
A person with a big heart tends to develop rivals.
Because he knows that if he takes a step forward, he will grow just as much.
If you want to achieve freedom of mind, don't block the world and people who are moving forward, but rather support and encourage them enthusiastically.
--- From "Your Attitude to Your Heart Determines Your Life"

Everyone lives their lives making countless choices.
The healthiest, most beautiful, and most solid life is the repetition of daily life that I choose to live.
The world is not something I can decide.
The more I talk, the more my self-loathing will only grow.
Let's change our thinking.
Choose yourself.
--- From "Meet the Bigger Me, Not the Bigger World"

Record your daily life.
Then, the daily life you record will make your life great.
Don't just accumulate experience, use it as material to build a building.
Records are the home of the experiences your life creates.
--- From "Life becomes great when you record your daily life"

Content that can move our hearts and inspire us exists in our daily lives.
Because we all encounter, love, and live together in our daily lives.
If you are sad right now, rather than wallowing in sadness, try writing down your own ways to get out of it.
By writing, you can free yourself from the shackles of pain and sorrow, and break free from all shackles.
When you are awake, you will feel joy in the effort and value of creating it in words and writing.
If you don't fall into sadness, you will soon be able to experience a moment of joy.
--- From "Writing that Holds Me When My Heart Wavers"

It doesn't matter how noble or beautiful the message you want to convey to the world is.
Because the life of the person who is trying to convey it is so pure and clean, it represents his will.
If you have good intentions, you should live a greater life.
That is the least courtesy one can show to those who have the same intention.

--- From "You can convey your will to the world only if you are not fooled by the shell"